Environmental groups hail return to South Korea of illegal waste shipments 0 SHARES Share it! Over 5,000 tons of South Korean waste has been stranded since July 2018 at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental as confirmed by customs authorities. The re-shipment of the South Korean waste to its source is a historic win for our people and the environment,” said IDIS Executive Director Chinkie Peliño-Golle. It will be recalled that illegal waste shipments from South Korea, falsely declared as “plastic synthetic flakes” with a total combined weight of 6,500 tons arrived at the Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) in July and October 2018. The repatriation of the remaining waste from South Korea was delayed due to financial and logistical issues related to their re-bagging and transfer from the PHIVIDEC site to the MICT.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 11, 2020 15:02 UTC